I know about rustdesk, and some other selfhosted solutions, but just wonder, what do you use if not screen sharing in discord.
You should not use Rustdesk as I wouldn’t trust it with a 10 foot pole.
You can share your screen with most video conferencing software. For remote access I would go with RDP or moonlight.
We could really use an alternative but that takes time and knowledge to create.
What is your issue with Rustdesk? I would understand if you mention Teamviewer, which runs through 3rd party servers, but Rustdesk? Is the client phoning home despite self-hosting or what do you mean? I am seriously interested.
On the other hand, I would not use RDP over the Internet without a VPN or at least an RDP Gateway in between both parties.
There has been a few controversies so here is the TLDR:
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Rustdesk public relays have been caught using Chinese servers
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The Rustdesk app is highly privileged for little reason. They abused this privilege to switch Wayland users to X silently
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very little is known about the Rustdesk “team” if there even is one. There is a single github user called “rustdesk” and the personalities on the Rustdesk website appear to be fake.
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Rustdesk says they are from Singapore but there are multiple leads that point to them being Chinese
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They straight up delete any issue or discussion that questions the supposed Rustdesk “team”
That’s just the summary that I know. You can find more information by looking up Rustdesk controversy or is Rustdesk a scam.
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No rustdesk but recommend RDP for remoting?
I’m confused on both recommendations.
Avoid Rustdesk like the plague for security reasons.
I recommend RDP as a protocol for remote access. It takes a little setup but it can be used. It isn’t fit for all use cases of course so don’t take it to literally.
Okay 2 things.
- I haven’t heard about any security issues with Rustdesk. Can you link to what you’re referring to?
- It’s strange to see someone concerned about security recommend RDP for remote access when it’s a terrible idea to expose it to the internet. But maybe you mean to expose a VPN and then connect to RDP via that?
Edit: I see you have some info on the Rustdesk point elsewhere in the thread. I’ll read up on that part so don’t feel like you have to repeat yourself here.